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Regular bulletin: In this issue a North Central London Clinical Advisory Group has been established to assure the decisions taken around clinical pathways have full clinical review and that any risks are identified. Partners are accelerating the join-up of health and care information so that four London STPs are now able to access shared patient information, including Covid-19 test results. Tavistock and Portman have produced a fantastic wellbeing resources staff wellbeing resources.

This update will cover some of the key activities that NCL health and care providers are taking to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic poses an unprecedented challenge and we want to share what the NCL system is doing in response. We have been working collectively as a system to ensure that we continue to provide consistent high quality care to our residents, both those who are unwell with Covid-19 and those who have other health and care needs.

North London Partners in health and care, north central London’s Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, has announced that, following a full recruitment process, Rob Hurd has been appointed to the role of System Lead. This follows the decision to separate the roles of Sustainability and Transformation Partnership Convenor and Accountable Officer of NCL Clinical Commissioning Groups.

Message from Helen, Diagnostics under the spotlight, Joined up health and care records benefit 620,000 patients, May 2020 Awards ceremony to recognise Primary Care staff.

The proposal to move Moorfields Eye Hospital, University College London’s Institute of Opthalmology and Moorfield’s Charity to a new site at St. Pancras in London has been approved.

Message from Helen, Funding for PCN development programme, Camden, Haringey cancer screening pilot, QI & staff engagement, More than More than 800 residents join the Residents' Health Panel

STP News: Message from Helen, Patient initiated follow ups, Five-step recruitment guarantee for student nurses with NCL placements, NCL is looking to expand its pool of experienced LeDeR reviewers

Message from Helen, Mental health services transformation funding bid, Group consultations for families living with asthma, Barnet surgery reports that the electronic joined-up health and care records system is an ‘absolute game-changer'

Message from Helen, Primary Care Networks details, Pharmacists-led telephone triage, Barnet practice is the first to launch joined-up records, West Green Surgery in Haringey rated outstanding

STP News: Message from Helen, Barnet and Enfield set to make First Contact Practitioner pilot permanent Outpatient transformation initiatives reduce unwarranted referrals, Co-designing how it works